need to win. no excuses. chicago is a last place team simply going through the motions that the end of the season can't get here soon enough for them. the tribe has everything in the world to play for and d@mn well better play with a sense of urgency like it's a one-game playoff for a wildcard spot!!! we can only hope. go tribe!!!

hebner20 wrote:There goes the whitewash. Ubaldo is on fire! What is up with that. Ball game.

Think Ubaldo might be pitching for a contract.. It's a club/player option after this season. Idk if that means Both club/player have to agree on the option for Ubaldo to pitch for the Tribe next season. If he doesn't agree and is a FA.. think he might be out of the Indians budget. Hope I'm wrong

hebner20 wrote:There goes the whitewash. Ubaldo is on fire! What is up with that. Ball game.

Think Ubaldo might be pitching for a contract.. It's a club/player option after this season. Idk if that means Both club/player have to agree on the option for Ubaldo to pitch for the Tribe next season. If he doesn't agree and is a FA.. think he might be out of the Indians budget. Hope I'm wrong

I think it's technically still a club option for Ubaldo but, because he was traded during the deal, he has the opportunity to void the option - so, it essentially make's it like a mutual option.

I think there's no doubt, with the way he's pitching lately, that he'll void the option and seek a multi-year deal in free agency which, like you said, probably puts him out of the Indians price range.

Even if it doesn't, I can't help but feel that there's too much of a bad taste in the mouth about Ubaldo's time as an Indian as a whole for the Tribe to commit to multi-years on him.